Tag Archives: creative practice

research as creative practice – possibility thinking

The late Anna Craft said that possibility thinking is moving from asking what something is, or does, to asking questions about what something might be or do or become. Possibility thinking is wondering, imagining, asking the question What if….? Possibility … Continue reading

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research as – is – creative practice

It’s easy to get the idea that research is all about developing a plan, and then doing what you plan. A bit like this. Develop. At the start, you read a lot to help you work out your question or … Continue reading

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help your inner ‘Creator’ and ‘Editor’ get along

You’re writing? And feeling a bit pulled in two directions at once? Perhaps that’s not surprising. Writers have two inter-related personae –the Creator and the Editor. Well, that’s according to Joni B Cole, and indeed a lot of other people … Continue reading

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what do academic writing and dance music have in common?

My son is a musician. He DJs and performs, writes and records and he does pretty well – you can check him out here and here. I had a conversation with him a while ago about his music writing and … Continue reading

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